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... It changed, because the ex-youths banded together and elected they own ticket, and they knew exactly what they wanted : they wanted their kids to go on walking, and pedalling. And they got their way. The banks of the lake that had been dezoned at some point for this or that never-built bridge were transformed into parks and bike lanes and they built the Marlaing pedestrian and bicycle bridge, exactly where such a bridge should have been built in the first place. And everybody lived happily ever after. Especially the kids -- and the tourists -- who could keep on enjoying the beaches and marinas without choking on car fumes.
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Once upon a time, there were two small towns in the Queenbee region, Bellaing and Marlinville, each on one side of the lake. Each had a very nice beach and the East Shore had not one but two nice marinas. But when you wanted to go from one to the other on foot or on a bicycle, or go boating, you had to go all the way around South -- or swim across, of course, which was fine in summer, and young P. R. did that a lot of times, but it was not very practical otherwise. Until someone had a bright idea : "Let's build a bridge !" And they did. At some point. Much later. Because each town had its own idea what kind of bridge the bridge should be, where it should be, for how many cars per minute, and then some went all NYMBY on this stupid project from the West Shore side of the lake, or that stupid project from the East Shore... And meanwhile, nothing was done. Finally they did build a bridge. Not East-West but North-South. And then a lot of people complained, because it was made for cars, not pedestrians or bicycles which are the preferresd mode of locomotion in both towns, but still had to go the long way around (not that the bridge made it much shorter, either), and because there was one place where everybody sort of agreed would have been a great place for a bridge -- where the lake is at its narrowest. Why not there??? There was talk of bribes, land speculation, cronyism and outright gangsterism. While their elders were badmouthing each other, the young people from Bellaing and Marlinville were beginning to feel like Romeos and Juliets. And then they came of age and were allowed to vote in the local elections. And then it changed. (to be continued)
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Three little boroughs of Queenbee
tariely posted a City Journal entry in P.R. Crastina's Travels (SC4)
Queenbee is (now) an amalgamated city, although covering a rather large territory. Here are three of its littlest boroughs : first, Bellaing, which was one of the first industrialized town, way back then, with the Comeau Inc. sawmill (wood was for a long time and stil is, the main resource in the region, with agriculture.). Saint-Geroges, which si mostly a sleepy little town, a crossroad for road and rail, and finally Saint-Benedict, mostly known for its resort hotel The Bougainville. It also has several B&Bs, most welcome by the tourist that haunts the region in summer and in the fall for the Colors Festival. -
Queenbee as it can be seen it from The Plane, The Plane !
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As part of her prolonged visit to Queenbee's municipalities, P. R. has been invited by the Hippies. Well, that's how the town's people affectionately call the Gesalen community that has been living up in the mountain for three decades now. They were skeptical at the beginning, but seeing world famous thinkers and doers gathering there for conferences, retreats and --yes ! -- writing workshops, putting Queenbee on the The Map, they decided The Hippies were all right. As long as they stayed mostly up there. But is the Ashram thirtieth birthday, and, at the end of her stay in Queenbee, as the cool automne night falls on the town, P. R. is in for a treat : she loves fireworks, and the city offered one to the Ashram. (P. R.'s first pictures of the Ashram were taken at the beginning of her stay in Queenbee...)
